List of practice Questions

The 10th term of the series 5, 8, 11, 14, … is:
A bag contains 19 red balls, 37 blue balls and 27 green balls. If a ball is picked up from this bag at random, what is the probability of picking a blue ball?
A cylindrical tennis ball container can contain maximum three balls stacked on one another. The top and bottom balls also touch the lid and the base of the container respectively. If the volume of a tennis ball is \( 240 \text{ cm}^3 \), then what is the volume of the container?
During the academic session 2009-10, in Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, the number of students studying Arts, Law and Commerce was in the ratio of 5:6:7. If during the academic session 2010-11 the number of students studying Arts, Law and Commerce increased by 20%, 30% and 40% respectively, what will be new ratio?
A customized jewellery was sold at Rs 1000 with 90% discount on the ‘making charges’. If the payment made for making charges was Rs 100, what is the approximate} rate of discount on the product?
A man walks from his house to the Railway station to catch a train, which is running as per schedule. If he walks at 6 km/hr, he misses the train by 9 minutes. However, if he walks at 7 km/hr, he reaches the station 6 minutes before the departure of train. The distance of his home to the Railway Station is:
Difference between two numbers is 9 and difference between their squares is 981. Lowest of the two numbers is:
Ms. Jhulan Goswami scores 102 runs in the 18th innings of her career and thus increases her average by 5. After the 18th inning, her average is:
In a staff room of 25 teachers, 13 drink black coffee, 7 milk coffee, 9 drink both tea and either type of coffee, and everyone drinks either of the beverages. How many teachers drink only tea?
Which of the following pairings is incorrect?
The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2009 requires private schools to ensure that ________ percent of their students come from weaker sections and disadvantaged groups?
Srikrishna Committee, which recently submitted its report, was constituted for which of the following issues?
Akbar will turn 50 when his son Jehangir turns 18. What will be Akbar’s age when it will be exactly 5 times that of Jehangir?
Arun can climb a Coconut tree by 1.5 feet by each lift; however, he slips 0.5 feet every time he makes the next lift. How many individual lifts will he have to reach the top of the Coconut tree of 18.5 feet?
Jogen’s taxable income for 2010-11 is Rupees 5,00,000. The tax rates are:
(i) nil for first 1,50,000,
(ii) 10% for 1,50,001—3,00,000,
(iii) 20% for the remaining. What is his tax liability?
The ratio of two numbers is 4:5. But, if each number is increased by 20, the ratio becomes 6:7. The sum of such numbers is:
14th March 2011 was the 80th Anniversary of the first Indian sound Film (talkie). Which movie was it?
Which internationally renowned musician collaborated with Rahul Sharma to release a music album titled Namaste India}?
“War on Terrorism or American Strategy for Global Dominance” is authored by which of the following authors?
Mohammad Asif, Mohammad Amir and Salman Butt (cricket players of Pakistan) have been banned for being found guilty of spot fixing. To which of the following institutions have they appealed?
Indian driver Karun Chandok was recently in the news for which of the following?
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change meeting of December 2010 was held in which of the following places?
Which one of the following was not awarded a portion of the contested land by the judgment of the Allahabad High Court in 2010 pertaining to the Ayodhya dispute?
Sania Mirza claimed silver in the tennis mixed doubles category in the Asian Games in Guangzhou in November 2010. Who was her partner?
China objected to the Dalai Lama’s recent visit to Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh. What was he visiting in Tawang?